Grandstream GWN: GDMS Networking, GWN Manager, access points, switches and routers
Manage Grandstream GWN access points, switches and routers with GDMS Networking (the cloud platform formerly called GWN.Cloud) or the on-premises GWN Manager: adding and adopting devices, organizations and networks, SSIDs with VLANs and client isolation, LAN/VLAN and switch-port settings, router internet sources and firewall sections, administrator roles, alerts, firmware upgrades and backups.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- About 60 minutes
- Contents
- 4 lessons · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 1 Oct 2026
- Grandstream GWN
Skills you'll practise
- Choose between GDMS Networking and GWN Manager and explain what each needs
- Add a device to GDMS Networking or adopt it into GWN Manager, including across subnets with DHCP option 43
- Organize sites as networks, and move or share them correctly
- Configure an SSID with the right VLAN, security type and client isolation mode for staff and guests
- Set switch-port Native, Allowed and Voice VLANs and router internet-source modes
- Assign administrator roles with least privilege, route alerts, and upgrade firmware in batches with a backup
Course outline
- 1.Platforms and adding devicesLesson · 18 min
- 2.Networks, SSIDs and isolationLesson · 18 min
- 3.LAN, switches and routersLesson · 12 min
- 4.Admins, alerts, upgrades and backupsLesson · 12 min
- 5.Grandstream GWN: GDMS Networking, GWN Manager, access points, switches and routers: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 16 questions
- 6.Guests can see the office printersScenario
- 7.Final exam10 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
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